WebStorm 8: Web Intelligence at Your Service

The latest update of the intelligent JavaScript IDE by JetBrains includes
native
support
for AngularJS framework; spy-js, a new JavaScript tracing tool; integration with Bower
and Grunt;
and multiple carets in the editor.

March 26, 2014

Prague, Czech Republic, March 26, 2014 — JetBrains®, the
world's leading vendor
of professional software development tools, today announced the general availability of
WebStorm 8.0,
the new major release of its intelligent JavaScript IDE.

This release brings major enhancements to help you develop complex web applications with
WebStorm.
First, it is now much easier to identify any possible issues or bottlenecks in the
project on its execution,
thanks to spy.js, WebStorm's brand new tool for JavaScript tracing and
profiling.
Second, WebStorm enables advanced AngularJS-specific code completion, navigation and
refactorings,
significantly improving the development experience with this popular framework.

In addition, to improve the development workflow for your projects, WebStorm integrates
Bower,
a package manager for the web, and Grunt, a task runner for JavaScript projects.
Keeping up with the latest version of JavaScript, WebStorm offers support for EcmaScript
6
Harmony modules and improves existing support for RequireJS and AMD.

"We enjoy adding intelligent features to our IDE that help our customers enjoy
the creative process of development.
Witnessing a great active community around AngularJS, we've implemented native support
for
the popular framework in this latest release.
That, plus our brand new tracing tool spy-js, will be of great help to developers
creating
complex JavaScript applications,"
said Dennis Ushakov, WebStorm project lead.
"What is more, we've opened the source code of our AngularJS plugin for
WebStorm in order to
inspire our users to get involved with its further development and perhaps create
new plugins for other frameworks."

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a technology-leading software development firm specializing in the creation
of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software.
The company is widely known for
ReSharper, its innovative, award-winning productivity tool for .NET developers
(see details at www.jetbrains.com/resharper),
PhpStorm — a lightning-smart PHP IDE
(www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm),
IntelliJ IDEA — the most intelligent Java IDE
(see details at www.jetbrains.com/idea),
and YouTrack — an intelligent bug and issue tracker
(www.jetbrains.com/youtrack),
among others.
JetBrains maintains its headquarters in
Prague, Czech Republic,
with its R&D labs located in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia;
Munich, Germany; and Boston, Massachusetts.
For more information, see www.jetbrains.com.

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